/ OFFICE OF GRANTS & FUNDED RESEARCH
2017-18 Full Time Faculty Development

OVERVIEW

Central Connecticut State UniversityInternal Funding: CCSU encourages faculty to engage in professional development activitiesto advance their pedagogicaland scholarly excellence. TheOffice of Grants and Funded Research (GFR) was established tosupport CCSU faculty membersin their pursuit of internal and external funding for such activities.

Faculty Development (FD) Grants: GFR administers funds set aside for these purposes according to Article 9.6 of the CSU-AAUP Collective Bargaining Agreement. Article 9.6 refers to moneys allocated for annual faculty development activities. Such activities are broadly defined asthose that enhance members’ ability to be productive and innovative professionals. The Article further stipulates that such funds shall be expended at the discretion of the President or designee following an advisory system established by the Chief Academic Officer.

Grant Administration: At CCSU, faculty development funding decisions are achieved through bi-annual grant competitions. These competitive funding opportunities are administered each semester by GFR with the advisory support of the University’s Internal Grant Review Committee (the Committee). The Committee is comprised of Assistant, Associate and Full Professors from each of CCSU’s five schools. GFR and the Committee strive to make every aspect of the grant administration process fair and judicious.

GRANT GUIDELINES

Eligibility: Awards granted as a result of this competition will be funded by the 2017-18 AAUP contract allocation. Faculty are eligible to receive only one development award per each academic year. As this is the second(and last) round of the 2017-18 competition, all full-time faculty are eligible to apply unless they have already received an award during the first round of the 2017-18 competition. Funding will be available for any eligible activities taking place during the current academic year.

Categories of Applicants: Proposals are accepted from individual full-time faculty members, a group of full-time faculty members working within a department or an interdepartmental program, or a group of full-time faculty members organized to address issues of broad departmental, school or university impact. Group activities may include, for example, symposia or other workshop/training activities that would take place on campus and benefit multiple faculty members at once.

Submission Deadline: Proposalsmust be electronically date stamped by 4:00 p.m. on October 18, 2017. Submissions should be emailed as a single PDF or MS Word document to . Submissions containing multiple attachments will not be accepted.

Grant Period: Funded activity and related budget expenditures must be completed by August 31, 2018, after which unused funds will revert to a campus account. A final report describing major activities and outcomes is due to GFR no later than September 30, 2018.

Allowable Expenses: There are no award limits;however, funding requests should be limited to essential expenditures for the accomplishment of the proposed outcome. Funding may be requested for the following expenditure categories:

  • Educational and technical resources—hardware, software or office supplies required for the proposed activity may be requested if their acquisition is not possible through the academic department. Materials purchased with grant funds become the property of CCSU.
  • Partnership Support – external content and process experts may be hired to share professional expertise with a CCSU faculty audience.
  • Travel funds– support for attendance at conferences or workshops. Priority will be given to applicants whose participation in the eventis beyond that of an attendee, such as presenting a paper or moderating a breakout session. When requesting travel money the applicant should explainwhat other resources have been or will be pursued to partially fund the project. For example, the applicant should indicate if they have applied for and/or exhausted thetravel fund allowance stipulated in Article 9.5.1 of the AAUP contract.
  • Travel related costs- funding may be requested for anticipated expenditures on food, lodging, and incidentals. Funding shall be permitted for costs incurred up to the maximum per diem rates published by the US General Services Administration. Applicants are urged to pro-rate these budget items to account for partial days of travel as well as any meals included in conference costs.
  • Other developmental activities – innovative proposals such as honoraria for guest artists; funds to curate exhibits on campus; hotel accommodations for guest speakers or performers;hiring others (including students) to engage in activities such as a musical or theater performance, or a film or other media production; and other creative development activities are all encouraged by the committee.

Prohibited expenses: Stipends, equipment,professional association membership and submission fees, printing or administrative costs, and Bradley airport parking (the Travel Office will provide you with a parking permit for Bradley airport if you need one).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please make your proposal consistent with the guidelines below to help the review process.

File format and content: Submit proposals by email to s a single MSWord or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file inclusive of:

  • Proposal Cover Sheet (see template on page 5)
  • Narrative,
  • Budget and
  • Supporting documentation (if any)

Submissions that include multiple attachments may not be reviewed.

Proposal Narrative:Address the content areas listed below in no more than five pages, double-spaced. Please keep in mind that the committee is made up of faculty members from different disciplines. Write your proposal so that members from outside your discipline are able to review it to make funding decisions.

  • Descriptive Title: Brief projectname as you would wish it to appear in award announcements and reports published by GFR.
  • Description of Activity: Clearly define the activity you are proposing, and provide a well-reasoned description of how this activity will assist in your professional growth within the context of your overall career goals.
  • Significance: Articulate how the proposed activity will advance your work with regard to your field, department and teaching objectives, and why this particular activity is unique or critical to your work.
  • Results: Specify the anticipated impact of the activities on your professional development.

Budget: Budgets should offer a realistic estimate of the funding required to support the activity. Please include the information listed below. You may use the GFR Budget Template (http://www.ccsu.edu/gfr/internalGrants/forms.html)or a format of your own design.

  • Itemize the specific expenses.
  • Provide a clear and detailed justification for the items requested.
  • Include documentation of items’ costs. Failure to include supporting budget documentation may lead to reductions in the amount awarded to fundable proposals.
  • Include additional funding sources –funds that will or may be applied to cover the cost of the activity. Comment on the balance of your current AAUP travel fund allowance.

FUNDING DECISIONS

Decision Guidelines: This competition is traditionally well-subscribed requiring the Committee to balance requests of a large number of meritorious proposals against a relatively smaller amount of available funds. The number of proposals funded and the amounts awarded depend on the total funds available for distribution for the year and the quality of competing submissions. Reviewers reserve the right to consider the question of “value” when assessing budget requests and multiple impacts to the CCSU community may be one way of making that determination.

Scoring: Proposals are scored according to their compliance with the submission guidelines. The scoring rubric used by the members of the Internal Grant Review Committeeis attached for guidance. In addition to the scoring rubric, the Committee may review the outcomes and expenditures of applicants’ previously funded grant activities when allocating awards.

Notification of Funding: Funding decisions will be announced by GFR upon ratification by the AVP of Academic Affairs. Awardees will be notified by the Office of Post-Award Grants Administration when account funds become available.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For additional information please contact Nicole Ferrari, Assistant Director, Office of Grants and Funded Research ,860-832-2366.

PROPOSAL SCORING RUBRIC

DESCRIPTION / (0-10 points)
The applicant provides a well-reasoned description of the proposed activity and how this activity will assist in his/her professional growth within the context of his/her overall career goals.
SIGNIFICANCE / (0-5 points each)
The execution of the proposed activity will advance the candidate’s work with regard to creative activity, pedagogy and/or research in unique or critical ways.
The proposed activity supports productive and innovative work pertinent to the candidate’s field and/or primary research areas.
RESULTS / (0-5 points each)
The anticipated outcomes are tangible, reasonable, well-defined, and clearly outlined.
The anticipated outcomes will provide meaningful and substantive professional development for the applicant in his/her field.
OVERALL QUALITY / (0-5 points each)
The proposal is comprehensive and well-done.
I would recommend funding this activity.
BUDGET / Yes (1 point) / No (0 points)
The requested resources are reasonable and relevant to the proposed outcomes.
The cost estimates and justifications appear realistic and fiscally responsible.
The resources needed to execute the proposed activity are itemized.
Supporting documentation is includedas needed.
Additional funding sources are documented and/or attempts to secure additional funding sources (e.g. from 9.5.1. travel funds) are described.

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/ OFFICE OF GRANTS & FUNDED RESEARCH
2016-17 Full Time Faculty Development

Internal Grant Proposal Cover Sheet

SUBMISSION DATE
PRIMARY FACULTY APPLICANT
DEPARTMENT
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF PROPOSAL
Faculty Co-Applicant(s)
Student Co-Applicant(s)
Please include Student ID# and status:
G- Graduate or UG- undergraduate.
TYPE OF GRANT
(check one) / Full-Time Faculty Development / Faculty – Student Research
Part-Time Faculty Development / Curriculum Development
AMOUNT REQUESTED / $

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